News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

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busy picking up the money to heed a
! laundering at the gate after we had
gone ON. We did not reach our boats
too soon, for we could hear muttering
voices and tramping feet close behind
US. With muffied oars we pulled fol
my friends brig. We had proceeded
not more than fifty yards from the shore,
when We heard our pursuers jumping
into boats at the landing. Who they
were we could not tell, but they had not
the customary lights with them to indi-
cate that they were honest citizens. The
extreme darkness favored our flight
among the many vessels anchored in the
harbor, most of which had their anchor
lights up. My friends vessel had two
lights in the main rigging as private
signal. These were put out as soon as
we reached the deck.
Entering the cabin we again saw the
face of the lady. As have before said,
she was the most beautiful woman I had
ever seen. I could not help feeling that
my friend was not the handsome fellow
that deserved to be united to such love
hness-yet the gods mated Venus and
Vulcan. The Swedish captain was
speechless with admiration. [ acted as
his ambassador and informed her how
desperately in love he was, and that he
was determined to save her or lose his
life in the attempt. She was now free
to act for herself, but I was sure that if
she married him she would have low
ing husband. As l had been concerned
in her rescue from captivity, I felt it my
right as well as my duty to urge her to
accept him. She did not utter a word,
but remained perfectly passive. [ adj
vised him to leave the cabin and get his
ship under way at once. My boats
crew would assist him. The vessel must
be outside the harbor, I said, before day
light, and before sunrise be well into the
Sea of Marmora. And SO we parted.
It was three o'clock when I Preached my
ship. Sleep was out of the question.
The events of the previous few days
were like dream out of which 1 had
Just awakened. The consequences
might have been serious to me. But /
was always ready for adventures, and
had been in many predicaments equally
hazardous. l lived, as all young sailors
live, on romance and daring. The ex-
citement Of this occasion was as exhil
arating to me as champagne is to the
wine-bihber.
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of the captains who had been my guests
of the night before. They had felt
some fear for our safety when they
learned that conflict had taken place
between the guard in the street we had
passed through and a band of Greek
robbers. Two of the robbers had been
killed. These must have been our pur
suers, who, after we had eluded them,
had returned and attacked the guard.
They were overpowered by company
of soldiers from the fort, who were MAX
ing their rounds to relieve the guard.
OF course l knew nothing of what had
become of the Swedish captain. / as
sured them that he went safely on board
and was to have sailed at sunrise, and
thak, as the wind was fresh and fair, l
supposed he was off. [ feigned an at
tact OF rheumatism as an excuse for not
going ashore that day. The following
day our consul, hearing I was sick,
came on board. From him [ learned
that one of the wives of the pacha of the
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it was supposed, of the Greek robbers,
some of whom had been captured and
would be executed unless they told
where their companions and the captive
could be found. 1t was supposed that
she was held for ransom. Arigid search
was made ON board all the Greek vessels,
of which there were many lying in the
harbor, but of course the missing lady
was not found.
Our consul, [ think, had his suspi-
cions as to the manner of the lady's es-
cape from the palace. He asked me to
dine with him, saying that [, being
person SO well known in Pera, would be
missed if 1 did not go ashore and show
myself at my usual resorts. / took his
advice and dined with him, remaining
all night at the consulate, which he in
sisted upon my making my home for the
rest of my stay He was too much of a
gentleman to question me, whatever he
may have thought, and I deemed it adj
visable, because of his official position,
to keep him in ignorance of my part in
the affair.
Though not pertinent to this voyage,
I will here give the sequel to this adj
venture. Nine years later, while in COM
mand of the clipper ship Dreadnaught,
arriving in New York one day, I made
fast at my usual berth at the foot of Rec
tor street, when Captain Hope, Sandy
Hook pilot, who was harbor master at
the time, boarded my vessel and told me
that a Swedish brig was lying at Pier 8,
and that her captain was very anxious to
meet me before he sailed. The Con
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from my mind in the exciting years that
had intevened. AS soon as our gang
plank was hauleas ashore, a lady and
gentleman came on board. / was stand
ing ON the quarter deck with some Gus
tom house officers and passengers. The
lady, whom [ Immediately recognized,
came forward and embraced me with
much warmth, and the gentleman fol-
lowed suit. The pleasure attending this
happy meeting was shared by ell who wit
messed it. It is needless to say that the
pair were the Swedish captain and the lady
whom had assisted to escape from Con
That truth is indeed stran-
ger than fiction is here exemplified. After
leaving Constantinople their Joy was un-
speakable upon discovering that they
had been lovers in their childhood. She
was the haXen-halred girl for whom my
friend had pined 50 long. When they
parted as children her family went to
where they remained several
years, and where she had the advantage
Of an excellent education and became
proficient inguist. Her great beauty
attracted universal attention. She was
courted by many but won by none. Her
father received the appointment of con-
sui at Odessa, but he gave up this place
and they migrated to Alexandria, where
he became a grain exporter. This fire.
quently necessitated journeys into the
interior of Egypt, and his beautiful |
daughter was his constant companion. !
During one of these excursions their
caravan was assaulted by Arabs. The
men were slaughtered and robbed, and
the women were disposed of among the
chiefs. She fell to the lot of one who |
sold her into the harem whence she was
rescued by us. When the pair arrived |
at Falmouth, after the rescue, they were
and sailed for Antwerp, where
some of her jewels were disposed of to
purchase the brig which he commanded |